Title EDC — California Educ. Code

Duties of environmental interns employed pursuant to this article shall be established by the employing agency in conjunction with the local school district or the county superintendent of schools and shall be oriented toward providing maximum exposure to problems of environmenta…

Approval of environmental internships shall be required by the district superintendent or the county superintendent of schools. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

Successful completion of a summer program and submission by the environmental intern of a suitable project report to the school district may result in academic credit toward graduation from high school. Such students may be deemed to be temporarily employees of the agency involve…

The school district or county superintendent of schools and the employing agency shall jointly apply to the Conservation Education Service for funds. The Superintendent of Public Instruction, upon the recommendation of the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commiss…

The Legislature of the State of California recognizes that agriculture is the most basic and singularly important industry in the state, that agriculture is of central importance to the welfare and economic stability of the state, and that the maintenance of this vital industry r…

The State Department of Education shall adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of this article. The rules and regulations shall not create any new state mandates on school districts or county offices of education as a condition of receiving …

(a) There is hereby created within the department an agricultural career technical education unit to assist school districts in the establishment and maintenance of educational programs established pursuant to this article. (b) The staffing of the unit shall at all times be compo…

(a) The State Director of Career Technical Education shall establish and convene an Agricultural Advisory Committee representative of the various and diverse areas of the agricultural industry in California. (b) The committee shall be composed of the following: (1) A representati…

(a) The curriculum of school districts that choose to participate in the state program of agricultural career technical education shall include all of the following components: (1) Organized classes in the study of agricultural science and technology. (2) A student-supervised occ…

The governing board of a school district which operates an agricultural career technical education program may apply to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for an incentive grant, pursuant to this article, for the purpose of purchasing or leasing agricultural career technica…

The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall award grants to applicant school districts which meet the following requirements: (a) The school district shall contribute an amount of funds equal to the amount of the grant to the purchase or lease of equipment for use in agricultu…

(a) For purposes of this article, “agricultural career technical education equipment” shall mean any nonsalary item of expenditure, including, but not limited to, capital outlay, for approved agricultural career technical education programs. (b) Notwithstanding any other provisio…

The State Board of Education may, with the advice of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, adopt rules and regulations governing the distribution of funds provided for purposes of this article and shall adopt criteria for assessing whether school districts have met the requir…

(a) The Dream Resource Center Grant Program is hereby established with the goal of creating Dream Resource Centers at schoolsites that serve pupils in grades 9 to 12, inclusive. (b) The purpose of a Dream Resource Center is to provide pupils, including undocumented pupils, in gra…

(a) The department shall administer the Dream Resource Center Grant Program, which shall be a four-year grant program. (b) (1) A local educational agency, including those that have already established a Dream Resource Center at one or more schoolsites, may apply for funds for one…

The department shall perform all of the following functions in the administration of the Dream Resource Center Grant Program: (a) Review applications and award grants based off of a tiered point system that prioritizes applications for funding as follows: (1) Local educational ag…

A grant recipient shall use the grant for either of the following purposes: (a) (1) To create a Dream Resource Center that provides pupils with the resources identified pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 54680. (2) Schoolsites may choose to have the Dream Resource Center sole…

On or before June 1, 2026, the department shall submit a report to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature detailing the successes, best practices, barriers or constraints, and outcomes of Dream Resource Centers funded with grants pursuant to this article. The report…

This article shall be implemented only upon an appropriation by the Legislature for its purposes in the annual Budget Act or other statute.

(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the partnership academies program has proven to be a highly effective state-school-private sector partnership, providing combined academic and occupational training to high school pupils who present a high risk of dropping out of…

Commencing with the 1993–94 fiscal year, from the funds appropriated for that purpose, the Superintendent shall issue grants to school districts maintaining high schools that meet the specifications of Section 54692, for purposes of planning, establishing, and maintaining academi…

In order to be eligible to receive funding pursuant to this article, a school district shall provide all of the following: (a) An amount equal to a 100-percent match of all funds received pursuant to this article in the form of direct and in-kind support provided by the district.…

(a) The Superintendent shall establish eligibility criteria for school districts that apply for grants pursuant to this article. When establishing criteria, the Superintendent shall consider the commitment and need of the applicant school district. The Superintendent may consider…

The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall develop guidelines with respect to the California Partnership Academies. The guidelines shall include, but not be limited to, enrollment provisions, application procedures, and student eligibility.

(a) The ninth grade teachers and counselors in schools maintained by school districts approved to operate academies pursuant to this article shall identify students eligible to participate in an academy. (b) Teachers and counselors in schools maintained by school districts approv…

The Legislature finds that each new academy requires technical assistance for the academy team, administrators, teachers, and private sector participants in the multiple aspects of the academy program that differ from the standard high school program. To provide for the transfer …

(a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall select an entity (the “evaluating entity”) to conduct a long-term evaluation of the Partnership Academies conducted pursuant to this article using a random assignment of pupils into program and control groups. The participation o…

It is the intent and purpose of the Legislature that the University and College Opportunities Program provided for in this article shall be directed to improve the preparation of elementary and secondary school pupils for their successful matriculation through courses of study at…

Any school district may apply to establish a University and College Opportunities Program with existing local or categorical funds. Any funds which may be donated by businesses or foundations may be used by participating districts to establish science and math regional centers wh…

School districts participating in the University and College Opportunities Program may enter into contractual agreements with neighboring community colleges, public and private universities and colleges, and other private and public sector entities for the utilization of faciliti…

The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall prepare rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this article, including rules and regulations which: (a) Prescribe the procedure by which a district shall identify pupils who are traditionally underrepresented …

The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this article on or before March 1, 1983.

This article shall be known and may be cited as the California School Age Families Education Program (Cal-SAFE).

The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) Adolescents, due to early pregnancy and childbearing, experience significant educational losses leading to a lifelong loss of schooling. (b) Although less than a quarter of California’s pregnant and parenting tee…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish a comprehensive, continuous, and community linked school-based program that focuses on youth development and dropout prevention for pregnant and parenting pupils and on child care and development services for their children for…

For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Case management” means a process that ensures that the pupil and child receive identified needed services in an efficient, supportive, and cost effective manner. The process is interactive, pupil-center…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that communities implementing new programs or initiatives connect with existing program strategies and build upon existing local collaboratives, when possible, to provide a unified integrated system of service for children and families. (b)…

(a) In the administration of the Cal-SAFE program, the following provisions apply: (1) Participation by a school district or county superintendent of schools in the Cal-SAFE program is voluntary. (2) The governing board of a school district or county superintendent of schools may…

(a) In meeting the goals of the program and responding to the individual needs and differences of pupils and their children to be served, the funded agency shall complete an intake procedure regarding each pupil and child upon entry into the program and periodically as needed the…

(a) Local education agencies that are applying to operate a Cal-SAFE program pursuant to Section 54749 but which are not in full compliance may submit a timeline and a corrective action plan for approval by the Superintendent of Public Instruction on a case-by-case basis to exten…

(a) A male or female pupil, 18 years of age or younger, may enroll in the Cal-SAFE program and be eligible for all services afforded to pupils enrolled if he or she is an expectant parent, the custodial parent, or the noncustodial parent taking an active role in the care and supe…

The duties of the State Department of Education include all of the following: (a) Provision of technical assistance, focused upon transition into the Cal-SAFE program, to school districts and county superintendents of schools currently operating a School Age Parent and Infant Dev…

(a) For the 2000-01 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, a school district or county superintendent of schools participating in Cal-SAFE is eligible for state funding from funds appropriated for services provided for the purposes of the program as follows: (1) A support s…

(a) County superintendents who operated pregnant minors programs in the 1979–80 fiscal year, or commenced operation during the 1996–97 fiscal year, shall continue to operate pregnant minors programs in the 1980–81 fiscal year, or the 1997–98 fiscal year, as appropriate, and each …

(a) Commencing with the 2009–10 school year, when funds become available for additional partnership academies within the total number of grants available for all partnership academies pursuant to Section 54691, the Superintendent shall issue grants for the establishment of partne…

It is the intent of the Legislature to provide equal educational opportunity for all children in California. To achieve this end, the Legislature hereby establishes supplemental grants to be allocated to school districts that are receiving less than average funding from existing …

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The trend of low-income youth struggling to become proficient in reading and writing is a narrative that is passed down from era to era. (b) According to The Literacy Project, there are currently 45 million Americans wh…

There is hereby established the California Student Author Program to accomplish all of the following for public schoolage children from extremely low-income communities: (a) Improve English language skills. (b) Improve academic performance. (c) Build healthy relationships with th…

(a) Any organization that is a grant recipient pursuant to Section 54804 shall implement the literacy program described in this section in the 2019–20 and 2020–21 school years. (b) A grant recipient shall provide the literacy program described in this section to public schoolage …

(a) Not later than January 1, 2022, the California State Library shall report to the Legislature on the outcomes of the California Student Author Program. The report shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following information: (1) The extent to which the project accomp…